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ALPHARETTA -- The Alpharetta Police Department took two high-speed drivers off the roads over the weekend. Both were driving in excess of 110 miles per hour.

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Hot Pursuit: Alpharetta police nab speeders driving over 100 miles per hour

by Thom ChandlerAugust 19, 2019August 19, 2019

DUNWOODY -- The Dunwoody Police Department has partnered with the One Mind Campaign to provide training and tools to officers when dealing with people who suffer from mental illness. Below is a news release from the police department outlining the program.

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The Dunwoody Police Department will receive more training about mental illness

by Thom ChandlerAugust 16, 2019August 16, 2019

MONROE -- Police are asking for the public's help identifying a purse snatcher who held a woman at gunpoint August 13.

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Have you seen this man? He is wanted in Georgia for armed robbery

by Thom ChandlerAugust 15, 2019August 15, 2019

ELLIJAY -- A 37-year-old Ellijay woman has been sentenced to 10 years in jail after prosecutors say she set fire to her living room couch while someone else was in the home.

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Georgia woman sentenced to 10 years for setting fire to her couch

by Thom ChandlerAugust 14, 2019August 14, 2019

SAVANNAH -- The Savannah Police Department conducted a sweep throughout the city last week to check on residents on probation and parole in high crime areas.

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The Savannah Police just did a sweep to cool down crime hot spots

by Thom ChandlerAugust 12, 2019August 12, 2019

ATLANTA -- An ice cream man has been convicted of child molestation for sexual acts with a 14-year-old employee last summer.

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Georgia ice cream man sentenced to 25 years in prison for molesting 14-year-old

by Thom ChandlerAugust 8, 2019August 8, 2019

LILBURN -- Police are searching for two men who were caught on camera burglarizing homes in the Lilburn area.

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Caught on camera: Can you identify these burglars?

by Thom ChandlerAugust 8, 2019August 8, 2019

Seven individuals have been indicted in an alleged abuse scheme victimizing disabled adults in DeKalb County, state Attorney General Chris Carr announced Wednesday.

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‘A complete disregard for human life:’ 7 indicted in alleged abuse scheme involving disabled adults

by Andy Miller | GHNAugust 8, 2019August 12, 2020

BUFORD -- It was a harrowing few hours for shoppers at Mall of Georgia Wednesday afternoon, as police officers, cruisers and helicopters swarmed the area surrounding the mall.

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Mall Bomb Scare: No explosives were found at Mall of Georgia

by Thom ChandlerAugust 7, 2019August 7, 2019

LITHONIA -- A DeKalb County Police officer was hospitalized after a shootout with a suspect early Thursday morning.

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DeKalb police officer shot in line of duty, suspect still at large

by Thom ChandlerAugust 2, 2019August 6, 2019

Updated with more details provided by the Dunwoody Police Dept.

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Dunwoody Police officer dragged down ramp on I-285

by Thom ChandlerAugust 1, 2019August 2, 2019

BIBB COUNTY -- The Bibb County Sheriff's Office is reminding residents not to give any money to scammers calling and claiming to be from the sheriff's department.

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Scam Alert: That police officer calling to demand you pay a fine probably isn’t legit

by Thom ChandlerAugust 1, 2019August 1, 2019

LAKE LANIER -- The Hall County Sheriff's Department is trying to find the rightful owners of what officials call a "sizeable amount" of fishing equipment the department recovered while executing a search warrant last week.

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Hall County Sheriff’s Dept. recovers fishing equipment stolen from docks at Lake Lanier

by Thom ChandlerJuly 31, 2019July 31, 2019

ATLANTA -- Three gang members pleaded guilty in a 2017 shooting that left a 5-year-old girl paralyzed and seriously injured a 3-year-old boy.

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3 gang members plead guilty to shooting and paralyzing a 5-year-old girl while she played in a bounce house at a birthday party

by Thom ChandlerJuly 29, 2019September 24, 2023

NORCROSS -- The driver in Saturday’s hit and run pedestrian fatality has been arrested. The vehicle was recovered at 745 Beaver Ruin Road yesterday afternoon. It had damage consistent to the incident.

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Arrest made in fatal hit and run in Norcross

by Thom ChandlerJuly 23, 2019July 23, 2019

LITHONIA -- The DeKalb County Sheriff's office has made an arrest in connection with the stabbing death of Troy Cosby last year.

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Suspect arrested and charged with murder in the 2018 stabbing death of Troy Cosby

by Thom ChandlerJuly 23, 2019July 23, 2019

UPDATE: An arrest has been made in this incident. Read more about it here.

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Gwinnett Police search for driver in fatal hit and run

by Thom ChandlerJuly 22, 2019July 23, 2019

DALLAS -- A Paulding County K-9 officer died Friday after what Sheriff's Dept. officials are calling "a series of tragic, almost unbelievable events."

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Police K-9 officer dies after ‘series of tragic, almost unbelievable events’

by Thom ChandlerJuly 22, 2019July 23, 2019

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